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Overall U.S. employment figures for April may have been dismal but not in the tech sector, which has grown steadily all year, adding 16,000 new jobs in April for a total of 60,900 so far this year. That’s according to CompTIA‘s analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) latest Employment Situation Summary. The overall jobs numbers, which came out last week, were dismal. The U.S. created just 266,000 new jobs in April when…

Linux commands offer a lot of flexibility. This post details some ways to make them even more convenient to use by making use of some clever tricks. Using file-name completion You can avoid typing a full file name by typing the beginning of its name and pressing the tab key. If the string uniquely identifies a file, doing this will complete the filename. Otherwise, you can enter another letter in the name and press tab…

  To say we’re witnessing a revolution in healthcare today is an understatement. Between telehealth, 5G expansions and business intelligence analytics—the pace of pandemic-led change has been rapid and will not be slowing anytime soon.   Longtime Cisco customer CVS Health was on a digital transformation path long before any of us had heard of COVID-19, and this week I am thrilled that MinuteClinic, the medical clinic inside select CVS Pharmacy locations will be honored…

As TSMC charges to 5nm transistor designs and Intel struggles for 7nm, IBM has topped them all with the world’s first 2-nanometer node chip. OK, it won’t come to market for four years, according to IBM, and they might not be the first name that comes to mind when you think of processor design, but they are the quiet power in the semiconductor world. As far as commercial chips go, IBM makes two: the Power…

As the enterprise edge expands to include semi-permanent remote workforces, IoT, and a range of applications like AI and M2M, they generate torrents of nonstop data that must be stored indefinitely and be available in near-real-time to users and applications. Legacy storage architectures are failing to keep up with both data growth and user/application demand. While storage innovation is pushing more workloads into the cloud, many startups have found that the average enterprise is not…

In collaboration with Vishal Gupta   In a recent blog, my colleague Travis Norling described Cisco IT’s motivations and processes for shifting to a software-defined access (SD-Access) fabric network – part of our ongoing journey to an advanced network architecture. In this blog, I will explain the value framework we created to measure SD-Access’s impact, along with outcomes achieved to date. As SD-Access was deployed across six buildings on Cisco’s San Jose campus, Cisco IT’s…

With revenue having plummeted in 2020, sports clubs aren’t poised to simply make a comeback to pre-pandemic levels. Some forward-looking organizations are preparing for explosive, mind-boggling growth. Here’s how. Redefining an immersive, inclusive fan experience After a year of social distancing—and the forced digitization acceleration that accompanied it—consumers of all kinds have shifted the way they consume, and expect to consume, content. Sports fans are no different. After watching from their couches, fans expect the future…

For the past 30 years, service providers have built networks using technology that was limited in terms of speed, cost, and performance. Historically, optical and routing platforms evolved independently, forcing operators to build networks using separate architectures and on different timelines. This resulted in a solution that drives up complexity and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Current multi-layer networks made up of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM), Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers (ROADMs), transponders, and routers suffer…

  To say we’re witnessing a revolution in healthcare today is an understatement. Between telehealth, 5G expansions and business intelligence analytics—the pace of pandemic-led change has been rapid and will not be slowing anytime soon.   Longtime Cisco customer CVS Health was on a digital transformation path long before any of us had heard of COVID-19, and this week I am thrilled that MinuteClinic, the medical clinic inside select CVS Pharmacy locations will be honored…

This is a very exciting moment in Washington. The Biden Administration and a new Congress are working to accelerate a recovery that is swift and effective. Federal agencies are harnessing the potential of technology to evolve the way we work, learn, receive healthcare and even govern. The opportunity for Cisco to share our technology expertise and help power a more inclusive recovery has never been more clear. Today, I’m proud to welcome Waldo McMillian to…